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GENERAL

FCCC/CP/1998/15

2 November 1998

Original: ENGLISH

CONFERENCE OF THE PARTIES

Fourth session

Buenos Aires, 2-13 November 1998

Agenda item 2 (c)

1. Opening of the session:

(a) Statement by the President of the Conference at its third session;

(b) Election of the President of the Conference at its fourth session;

(c) Statement by the President;

(d) Addresses of welcome;

(e) Statement by the Executive Secretary.

2. Organizational matters:

(a) Status of ratification of the Convention and the Kyoto Protocol;

(b) Adoption of the rules of procedure;

(c) Adoption of the agenda;

(d) Election of officers other than the President;

(e) Admission of organizations as observers;

(f) Organization of work, including the sessions of the subsidiary bodies;

(g) Participation in contact groups;

(h) Calendar of meetings of Convention bodies 2000-2001;

(i) Date and venue of the fifth session of the Conference of the Parties;

(j) Adoption of the report on credentials.

3. Reports of subsidiary bodies:

(a) Report of the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice;

(b) Report of the Subsidiary Body for Implementation;

(c) Report of the Ad Hoc Group on Article 13.

4. Review of the implementation of commitments and of other provisions of the Convention:

(a) Information communicated under Article 12:

(i) National communications from Parties included in Annex I to the Convention;

(ii) Initial national communications from Parties not included in Annex I to the Convention;

(b) Financial mechanism:

(i) Report of the Global Environment Facility to the Conference;

(ii) Review process referred to in decision 9/CP.1;

(c) Development and transfer of technologies (decision 13/CP.1);

(d) Second review of the adequacy of Article 4.2(a) and (b);

(e) Implementation of Article 4.8 and 4.9 of the Convention

(decision 3/CP.3 and Articles 2.3 and 3.14 of the Kyoto Protocol);

(f) Activities implemented jointly: review of progress under the pilot phase

(decision 5/CP.1);

(g) Review of information and possible decisions under Article 4.2(f);

(h) Other matters relating to implementation:

(i) Research and systematic observation (Articles 4.1(g) and 5 of the Convention);

(ii) Scientific and methodological aspects of the proposal by Brazil.

5. Matters related to the Kyoto Protocol:

(a) Matters related to decision 1/CP.3, paragraph 5:

(i) Land-use change and forestry;

(ii) Article 6 of the Kyoto Protocol;

(iii) Article 12 of the Kyoto Protocol;

(iv) Article 17 of the Kyoto Protocol;

(v) Impact of single projects on emissions in the commitment period.

(b) Matters related to decision 1/CP.3, paragraph 6: preparations for the first session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Protocol.

6. Administrative and financial matters:

(a) Arrangements for administrative support to the Convention;

(b) Income and budget performance:

(i) Financial performance in the biennium 1996-1997;

(ii) Initial report on financial performance in the biennium 1998-1999;

(c) Scale of contributions to the core budget.

7. General statements:

(a) Addresses at the Presidential ceremony;

(b) Statements by ministers and other heads of delegation of Parties at the high-level segment;

(c) Statements by observer States;

(d) Statements by intergovernmental organizations;

(e) Statements by non-governmental organizations.

8. Other matters.

9. Conclusion of the session:

(a) Adoption of the report of the Conference of the Parties on its fourth session;

(b) Closure of the session.